VANCOUVER, Dec. 5, 2017 /CNW/ - Choom™ (CSE: CHOO) announced today that it has retained Cannabis Compliance Inc. ("CCI") to help expedite its ACMPR (Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations) application for a license to produce medical cannabis from Health Canada (the "ACMPR License"). The Company is currently awaiting its building permit in order to accelerate the completion of the improvements while it completes the Detailed Review stage in advance of receiving its Confirmation of Readiness notification from Health Canada.

"Now that we have cleared security with Health Canada on our ACMPR License, and in anticipation of receiving our Confirmation of Readiness, we have engaged CCI to help accelerate our time line and ensure operational readiness in order to receive our initial license from Health Canada in 2018 in advance of the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes," said Chris Bogart, CEO and President for Choom. "We feel that with the significant experience of CCI in this vertical that we could not have selected a better team to assist us with moving our ACMPR License through Health Canada's application process and helping to get us to operational readiness."

SAY HELLO TO CHOOM™Choom™ was created for and inspired by the Choom Gang; a group of buddies in Honolulu during the 1970's who loved to smoke weed—or as the locals called it, "choom". Now, after four decades, Choom™ is bringing the spirit of Hawaii to the Okanagan and Canada. We're planting our flag in the rapidly growing legal cannabis industry in Canada with our own brand of high-grade handcrafted herb.

ABOUT CCI CCI, as one of Canada's original cannabis consulting firms, offers risk mitigation, due diligence, and regulatory licensing consulting services for commercial cannabis producers and resellers. CCI has extensive expertise in cultivation/horticulture, security designs/tender, facility designs/build-outs, quality assurance programs, and financial planning. CCI has strategic partnerships globally to secure investment partners for its clients, general contractors for buildouts, security tenders, equipment suppliers, media, government relations, and enterprise resource planning software. For over a decade, CCI's experienced team has been involved in commercial cannabis operations in Canada delivering proven results for their clients.

"Chris Bogart" President & CEO

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